Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 8.385

अगुप्ते क्षत्रियावैश्ये शूद्रां वा ब्राह्मणो व्रजन् ।
शतानि पञ्च दण्ड्यः स्यात्सहस्रं त्वन्त्यजस्त्रियम् ॥ ३८५ ॥

agupte kṣatriyāvaiśye śūdrāṃ vā brāhmaṇo vrajan |
śatāni pañca daṇḍyaḥ syātsahasraṃ tvantyajastriyam || 385 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.385 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Ganganath Jha (1999)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.385). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Agupta, Agupti, Kshatriya, Aishya, Shudra, Var, Brahmana, Vrajat, Shata, Panca, Pancan, Dandya, Dandi, Syat, Sya, Sahasram, Sahasra, Yushmad, Tyaj, Tyajas, Tri, Iyam, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.385). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “agupte kṣatriyāvaiśye śūdrāṃ brāhmaṇo vrajan
  • agupte -
  • agupta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    agupta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    aguptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    agupti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    agupti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • kṣatriyāvai -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • aiśye -
  • aiśya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • śūdrām -
  • śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vrajan -
  • vraj -> vrajat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vraj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vraj class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “śatāni pañca daṇḍyaḥ syātsahasraṃ tvantyajastriyam
  • śatāni -
  • śata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pañca -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañcan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pañcan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pañc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • daṇḍyaḥ -
  • daṇḍya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    daṇḍī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    daṇḍī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • sahasram -
  • sahasram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sahasra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sahasra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tvan -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • tyajas -
  • tyajas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tyajas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tyaj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    tyaj (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tri -
  • tṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • iyam -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
Like what you read? Consider supporting this website: